The Orthopedics Industry Get ready for a 25% tariff on Imported Orthopedic Products
25% TARIFF PROPOSED ON IMPORTED ORTHOPEDIC PRODUCTS (Orthopedic This Week) This week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative issued […]
NN acquires Paragon Medical for $375M cash (2.7 X sales, 9.3 X 2018 earnings)
Read more details on the acquisition here NN, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Paragon Medical (press release) NN, Inc., (NASDAQ:
When will AI replace the Orthopedic Rep?
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace the Medical Device Sales Representative? (written by Ravishankar Vedantam on LinkedIN) There have been significant advances
The near future of AI in orthopedic surgery
The Role of AI in Surgery (by Dr. Kevin Stone in Huffington Post) Artificial intelligence is everywhere. (Makes you wonder
Onkos Surgical brings new 3D surgical planning tools to oncology
Onkos Surgical® and 3D Systems Team to Advance Personalized Surgical Oncology Solutions (press release) Onkos Surgical, Inc. announced today that
The last “motion preserving” disc available for acquisition
AxioMed Stands Alone After Orthofix Acquires Spinal Kinetics M6 (by Jake Lubinski on LinkedIn) It’s exciting to see another acquisition in
The Smart Total Knee to detect infections is now in development
READ ALSO – The Smart Implant Revolution A French laboratory has developed the first connected artificial knee (Allianz Partners) A connected
The all-polymer total knee. Cool, but its NOT going to work.
I love startups. I write about how startups can take big risks that the big companies cannot. Enter Okani Medical, a
The stem cell treatment hysteria for knee arthritis
Suspect Stem Cell Treatments Touted for Knee Arthritis (Medscape) Hundreds of clinics in the United States are selling stem cell treatments
Exactech launches stemless shoulder with bone cage fixation
EXACTECH STEMLESS SHOULDER CLEARED (Orthopedics This Week) Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a stemless
How AR will make orthopedic surgery safer
How Augmented Reality Will Make Surgery Safer (By Sarah Murthi, MD & Amitabh Varshney | Harvard Business Review) Some of the biggest medical advances of
Wright Medical and KFx settle patent litigation and sign a licensing deal
Wright Medical, KFx settle patent spat, ink licensing deal (MassDevice) KFx Medical said today it and Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) agreed to dismiss patent litigation
Orthofix acquires Spinal Kinetics M6 disc for $105M (7 X sales)
Orthofix Announces Agreement to Acquire Spinal Kinetics (press release) Transaction to expand Orthofix’s Spine Fixation portfolio with innovative artificial disc designed
Philly start-up is preventing hip fractures with its high-tech belt
Fall. ‘Pop.’ Air bag. A Montco start-up is out to prevent hip fractures with a high-tech belt (The Inquirer in Philly)
STUDY: “Dual Mobility” Hips proven to have lower dislocation rates
Study Finds “Dual Mobility” Hip Replacement Implant Reduces Risk of Dislocation (HSS) More than 330,000 total hip replacements are performed in
Coflex is superior to decompression alone at 2 years
DECOMPRESSION WITH COFLEX EXTENDS DURABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY (Orthopedics This Week) New York-based Paradigm Spine, LLC has announced publication of the ESCADA two-year
Paragon 28 launches new fixation system for Charcot foot
Paragon 28® launches the industry’s most robust screw and instrumentation system for addressing Charcot arthropathy – Joust™ Beaming Screw
Finally… the working mechanism in viscosupplementation is discovered
LINKING THE MECHANICS OF HA TO KNEE CARTILAGE BIOLOGY (Orthopedics This Week) A new, important study out of Dr. Lawrence Bonassar’s
New program ushers in a single price for a lifetime of hip surgeries
Geisinger Announces It Will Stand Behind Cost of Hip Surgery for a Lifetime (press release) Once again, Geisinger is pioneering a
Alphatec Spine acquires neuromonitoring platform for $27M in cash and stock
website SafeOp Alphatec raises $50m, acquires SafeOp Surgical (MassDevice) Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) had a busy day yesterday. The spinal implant maker revealed that
New Product Launches at AAOS 2018
The List of Product Launches at AAOS 2018. Spine Amedica Receives FDA Clearance of Valeo C+CsC Stryker Gains FDA Clearance for
Globus Medical lunges into the Trauma market with 11 new products
Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED), a leading musculoskeletal solutions company, is pleased to announce its entry into the orthopedic trauma market. Globus Medical has
Startup to grow an ACL with your cells – no harvesting needed
Website – http://biorez.com/ Biorez Raises C-1 Financing and Prepares for Human Testing (press release) Biorez, Inc. today announced the close of a $1.5
First smart Ex-Fix is used in a patient
Successful First in Human for OrthoSpin’s Robotic External Orthopedic Fixation System (press release) OrthoSpin Ltd. (“OrthoSpin”), a portfolio company of The Trendlines
The Top 7 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality improving healthcare
THE TOP 7 VIRTUAL REALITY DIGITAL HEALTH COMPANIES (MedTech Boston) Virtual reality in medicine is certainly a hot trend at the
7 Questions for creating tremendous Value in a Startup
I rarely do this, but I am going to recommend a book to my OrthoStreams readers. You should read Peter
The TracPatch wearable device moves into Total Hips and ACL repair
TracPatch Pushes into Hip Arthroplasty and Sports Medicine (press release) Consensus Orthopedics, developer of the TracPatch wearable device, is advancing orthopedic care
AR is coming to Orthopedics – see Insight Medical Systems at the AAOS
It’s coming fast. I have written articles about the coming convergence of real-time imaging and to improve orthopedic surgery.
Stop saying “Volume to Value” in Orthopedics
Why you should stop saying ‘Volume to Value’ in Healthcare (LinkedIn article by Mark Froimson, President, American Association of Hip and Knee
NuVasive sues ATEC for employee poaching and patent infringement
NuVasive files alleged poaching, infringement suits against Alphatec (MassDevice) NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) has filed a suit against Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) claiming the company hired on
Why good people get stuck in big Ortho companies
I get calls from good people who work in big Orthopedic companies and have decided to leave to join a
Amazon’s Latest Ambition: To Be a Major Hospital Supplier
Amazon’s Latest Ambition: To Be a Major Hospital Supplier (OrthoFeed) Amazon is pushing to turn its nascent medical-supplies business into a
VIDEO: Surgeons can now use Augmented Reality video to look inside the patient
Doctors Can Now Use Augmented Reality to Peek Under a Patient’s Skin (Futurism) A team of researchers at the University of
Improving patient outcomes with smart implants
Improving patient outcomes with smart implants (Reinshaw) Read more… The Smart Implant Revolution In the 16th century, broken bones were
DJO fined $7.6M for “assumptive selling” of unnecessary TENS electrodes
DJO GLOBAL PAYS $7.62 MILLION OVER “ASSUMPTIVE SELLING” ALLEGATIONS (Orthopedics this week) Read More – Timeline of DOJ versus Orthopedic Companies DJO
Augmented reality is coming to trauma surgery
Augmented reality headset bolsters reconstructive surgery (OrthoFeed) Surgeons use Microsoft HoloLens headsets while operating on patients undergoing reconstructive lower limb
How many spine surgeries qualifies a surgeon as “experienced”?
HOW MANY SPINE SURGERIES QUALIFY A SURGEON AS “EXPERIENCED”? (Orthopedics This Week) A group of Boston researchers set out to
Can 3D-printing revolutionize Orthopedics?
Can 3D Printing Revolutionize Orthopaedic Devices? (AAOS) FDA guidance is a first step 3D printing promises to be a revolution in
The world’s “most watched” surgeon is re-inventing medical training
How Snapchat Is Helping One Doctor Transform Medical Training (OrthoFeed) Shafi Ahmed dons a pair of digital sunglasses and explains how
IlluminOss wins “de novo” clearance for bone stabilization system with help from MCRA
IlluminOss Medical wins de novo nod from FDA for bone stabilization system (MassDevice) MCRA Assists IlluminOss Medical with Successful De Novo
Centinel Spine pulls in $132M in funding
Centinel Spine reports $132m funding round (MassDevice) Fresh from its acquisition of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes’ Prodisc assets, Centinel Spine last week reported raising
Problems with PFJ implants with new recalls from Zimmer and DePuy
Revision rates prompt recalls for Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes, Zimmer Biomet (MassDevice) High revision rates for orthopedic implants prompted recalls
Stem Cells for Knees in the US?
Stem Cells for Knee Problems? U.S. Doctors Investigate (OrthoFeed) Jason Dragoo’s Stanford University research team gets 100 to 200 inquiries every
RTI Surgical acquires Zyga for its Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System for $35M (8.8 X sales)
RTI Surgical Acquires Zyga Technology Inc. (press release) Acquisition Expands Spine Franchise Portfolio and Accelerates Growth Potential; Zyga Technology Provides Innovative SImmetry® Sacroiliac
Zimmer Biomet stem-free shoulder cleared by FDA
Zimmer Biomet wins FDA nod for Sidus stem-free shoulder system (MassDevice) Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today it won FDA clearance for its
Orthopedic companies hit with the return of the 2.3% excise tax on revenue
2.3% DEVICE EXCISE TAX IS BACK (Orthopedics This Week) After a two-year suspension, the dreaded 2.3% excise tax on medical device
THANK YOU!!!
What a great 2018! I was humbled by the many Ortho friends and colleagues who have reached out to
New FDA guidelines you need to know for 2018
Must-Know FDA Guidance Documents from 2017 (MD&DI) FDA puts out a lot of information over the course of a year.
Cadavers in the ballroom: Orthopedists train in America’s favorite hotels
HOSPITALITY NICHE: Medical professionals examine a cadaver in an event room in November at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts convention center
FDA says “no” to Barricaid for partial annulus replacement in patients with herniated discs
INTRINSIC LOSES FDA VOTE FOR ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE (Orthopedics This Week) Even before the committee voted, it was not looking good